2019 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The regular season division winners claimed the top two seeds and the next ten teams by conference winning percentage, regardless of division, claimed the remaining berths in the tournament. The bottom eight teams played a single-elimination opening round, followed by a double-elimination format until the semifinals, when the format  reverted to single elimination through the championship game. This was the sixth year of this format.


2019 Southeastern Conference Softball Tournament
The 2019 SEC Softball tournament was be held at Davis Diamond on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas from May 8 through May 11, 2019. The tournament earns the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game, as well as the semifinals, was broadcast on ESPN2, while all other SEC tournament games were live on the SEC Network.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season
The 2019 Southeastern Conference football season represented the 87th season of SEC football taking place during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 29, 2019 and ended with the 2019 SEC Championship Game on December 7, 2019. The SEC is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Conference and the Pac-12 Conference. For the 2019 season the SEC has 14 teams divided into two divisions of seven each, named East and West.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Background
Alabama brought back quarterback Tua Tagovailoa while Georgia brought back quarterback Jake Fromm. Georgia lost their defensive coordinator; Mel Tucker to Colorado as their head coach after he spent the last two seasons at Georgia after leaving Alabama with Kirby Smart. Tennessee quarterback Will McBride transferred from Tennessee thus ending his stint with the team leaving Tennessee to have a quarterback competition for the starting quarterback job. LSU added the top recruited running back in the nation, John Emery to its running back corps for the season. Missouri played a three game SEC road trip during the 2019 season and they will open the season against Wyoming.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Previous season
During the 2018 Southeastern Conference football season, Alabama won the Southeastern Conference by defeating Georgia 35-28 in the 2018 SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Alabama went undefeated in conference play during the 2018 season. In 2018, nine of the fourteen Southeastern Conference teams had either a non losing record or a winning record in conference play.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Preseason, SEC media days
The 2019 SEC Media Days took place at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham - Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alabama on July 15–18.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Preseason, SEC media days
The preseason Polls were released in July 2019. With the Crimson Tide predicted to win the West Division, the Bulldogs predicted to win the East Division, and the Crimson Tide predicted to win the SEC overall.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Rankings
* – Missouri ineligible for Coaches' Poll per NCAA sanctions due to academic misconduct.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Schedule
Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week until week eleven when CFP rankings are used.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Schedule, Regular season
The Regular season began on August 29 and will end on November 30. 2018. Southeastern Conference champion Alabama opened their 2019 conference play against South Carolina on September 14, 2019 while 2018 Southeastern Conference East champion Georgia opened their 2019 conference play against Vanderbilt on August 31. Florida and Auburn will renew their rivalry after an eight year hiatus when they meet on October 5, 2019 in Gainesville. That matchup will also be the first time that Auburn plays in Gainesville since 2007 when Auburn defeated Florida 20-17. Florida will also be resuming another rivalry; their rivalry with Miami as they open the season against the Hurricanes in Orlando.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, SEC records vs other conferences, SEC vs Power Five matchups
The following games include SEC teams competing against teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, or Pac-12. It also includes matchups against BYU or Notre Dame. Rankings from AP poll.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, SEC records vs other conferences, SEC vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include SEC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt. Rankings from AP poll.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, SEC records vs other conferences, SEC vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include SEC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass. Rankings from AP poll.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, SEC records vs other conferences, SEC vs FCS matchups
The following is a list of matchups with teams competing in Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Rankings from AP poll.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Awards and honors, SEC Individual Awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Southeastern Conference football coaches at the end of the season


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, Home game attendance
Game played at Arkansas' secondary home stadium War Memorial Stadium, capacity: 54,120.


2019 Southeastern Conference football season, NFL Draft
The following list includes all SEC players drafted in the 2020 NFL Draft.


2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team
The 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions baseball team represented Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Lions played their home games at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.


2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team
The 2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represents Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions are led by second-year head coach Frank Scelfo and play their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference.


2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team, Previous season
The Lions finished the 2018 season 4–7, 4–5 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team, Preseason, Preseason poll
The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on July 18, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in eighth place.


2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Southland Teams
The Lions placed five different players on the preseason all–Southland teams.


2019 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team, FCS Playoffs
The Lions were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Villanova.


2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.


2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Composition
Directly after the 2018 election the composition of the council was:


2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Composition
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:


2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election, Results, Milton
Green party compared to 2018 election, no For Britain candidate (−5.3) as previous.


2019 Southern Arkansas Muleriders football team
The 2019 Southern Arkansas Muleriders football team represented Southern Arkansas University as a member of the Great American Conference (GAC) during the 2019 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Bill Keopple, the Muleriders played their home games at Rip Powell Field at Wilkins Stadium in Magnolia, Arkansas.


2019 Southern Arkansas Muleriders football team, Previous season
The Muleriders finished the 2018 season at 8–4 overall and 8–3 in GAC play. They were invited to the Live United Texarkana Bowl, where they lost to Missouri Western, 30–25.


2019 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 26 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. The annual event determined the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner, Mercer Bears, earned the league's bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2018–19 academic year.


2019 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament was originally held from 1950-53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed ten championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Furman and defending champion Samford are the only other current schools with multiple championships, having each won two. East Tennessee State and VMI have never won a title, although they both returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance in 2015.


2019 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament was played in Greenville, which has hosted six of the past ten events.


2019 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
All nine teams participated in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The remaining teams then played a double-elimination tournament.


2019 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2018–19 season. All tournament games were played at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 8 through 11, 2019.


2019 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
20th ranked Wofford defeated UNC Greensboro 70–58 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Wofford's perfect season in the SoCon, (perfect regular season, and winning the conference tournament) was the first since the Stephen Curry led Davidson Wildcats accomplished the feat in the 2007–08 season.


2019 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All ten teams in the Southern Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes.


2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
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2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 32nd edition of the Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Southern Conference champion as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 9 and concluded on November 16, 2019.


2019 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Mercer defeated UNCG in the championship match, giving the program their fourth ever SoCon title.


2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between March 7 and 10 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. Mercer defeated Furman 66–63 to earn their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.


2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on  ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.


2019 Southern Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Southern Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southern Conference held from October 30 through November 10, 2019. The first round and quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The UNC Greensboro Spartans were the defending champions but were unable to defend their crown, losing 1–0 t the Furman Paladins in the semifinal. The Samford Bulldogs were the eventual champions, defeating Furman 1–0 in the final. This was the third Southern Conference tournament title for the Samford women's soccer program, all three of which have come under coach Todd Yelton.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season
The 2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season wias the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began in late August 2019 and concluded in mid-November 2019.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season
UNCG won the regular season and Mercer won the tournament.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
The 2018 season saw Mercer win the regular season championship, posting a 12-4-2 overall record and a 5-1-0 record in SoCon play.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls
The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Rankings, Regional rankings - South Region
The United Soccer Coaches' south region ranks teams among the ACC, Atlantic Sun, and SoCon.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.


2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.


2019 Southern District Council election
The 2019 Southern District Council election was held in Hong Kong on 24 November 2019 to elect all 17 members to the Southern District Council.


2019 Southern District Council election
The pro-democrats achieved the majority in the council in a historic landslide victory brought by the pro-democracy protests. Kelvin Lam Ho-por, a substitute for Joshua Wong who was disqualified from running, defeated Judy Chan Ka-pui of the New People's Party in South Horizons West.


2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
The 2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Nick Hill and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for third place.


2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team, Previous season
The Salukis finished the 2018 season 2–9, 1–7 in MVFC play to finish in last place.


2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team, Preseason, MVFC poll
In the MVFC preseason poll released on July 29, 2019, the Salukis were predicted to finish in ninth place.


2019 Southern Illinois Salukis football team, Preseason, Preseason All–MVFC team
The Salukis had four players selected to the preseason all-MVFC team.


2019 Southern Jaguars baseball team
The 2019 Southern Jaguars baseball team represented Southern University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Jaguars played their home games at Lee–Hines Field. They, along with the LSU Tigers baseball team, and the McNeese State Cowboys baseball team, were the only three teams in the state to make it to the NCAA Tournament. They were also the lone member from the SWAC Conference.


2019 Southern Jaguars football team
The 2019 Southern Jaguars football team represents Southern University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars are led by seventh-year head coach Dawson Odums and play their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).


2019 Southern Jaguars football team, Previous season
The Jaguars finished the 2018 season 7–4, 6–1 in SWAC play to finish in first place in the West Division. They lost the SWAC Championship Game to Alcorn State 28–37.


2019 Southern Jaguars football team, Preseason, Preseason polls
The SWAC released their preseason poll on July 16, 2019. The Jaguars were picked to finish in first place in the West Division.


2019 Southern Jaguars football team, Preseason, Preseason all–SWAC teams
The Jaguars placed six players on the preseason all–SWAC teams.


2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team represented the University of Southern Mississippi in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at the M. M. Roberts Stadium in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Jay Hopson.


2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Preseason, CUSA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Golden Eagles predicted to finish in second place in the West Division.


2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference USA teams
Southern Miss had more defensive players selected than any team in the conference for the preseason all defensive team.


2019 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team, Schedule
Southern Miss announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season.


2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team
The 2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as eighth-year members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a five-way tie for ninth place.


2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team, Previous season
The Thunderbirds finished the 2018 season 1–10, 1–7 in Big Sky play to finish in 12th place.


2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team, Preseason, Big Sky preseason poll
The Big Sky released their preseason media and coaches' polls on July 15, 2019. The Thunderbirds were picked to finish in eleventh place by the media and in twelfth by the coaches.


2019 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team, Preseason, Preseason All–Big Sky team
The Thunderbirds had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.


2019 Southern Vipers season
The 2019 season was Southern Vipers' fourth season, in which they competed in the final edition of the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, winning 4 of their 10 matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they beat Loughborough Lightning by 5 wickets. In the final they played against Western Storm, but lost to them by 7 wickets.


2019 Southern Vipers season
The side was captained by Tammy Beaumont and coached by Nicholas Denning. They played three home matches at the Rose Bowl and one home match apiece at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground and the County Ground, Hove.


2019 Southern Vipers season, Squad
Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 16 July 2019. Sophie Molineux was originally named in the squad, but withdrew due to injury and replaced by Amanda-Jade Wellington. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (6 August 2019).


2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The winner of the tournament, McNeese State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.


2019 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2018–19 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 13–16, 2019. The tournament winner, Abilene Christian, received an automatic invitation to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.


2019 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals. Sam Houston St clinched a double bye, and won the 2019 Southland regular season title on February 27. Because of this, the Bearkats clinched the 1 seed. New Orleans, Lamar, Abilene Christian, and Southeast Louisiana qualified for the tournament. Abilene Christian and Southeastern Louisiana clinched the 2nd and 3rd seeds respectively with wins on March 6.


2019 Southland Conference Softball Tournament
The 2019 Southland Conference tournament was held at Lady Demon Diamond on the campus of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from May 7 through May 10, 2019. The tournament winner, Sam Houston State, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. The Championship game was broadcast on ESPNU. The remainder of the tournament aired on the Southland Digital Network.


2019 Southland Conference Softball Tournament, Format
The 2019 tournament marked the second year with expanded format including the top 8 teams following Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word's eligibility for the tournament. The first two games were single elimination while the rest of the tournament was a double elimination format.


2019 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 14–17, 2019 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Abilene Christian received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Breanna Wright was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2019 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds and regular season standings
Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.


2019 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament, the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southland Conference, was held from November 6  to November 10, 2019. The seven-match tournament took place at the Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex in Conway, Arkansas. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Abilene Christian Wildcats, but they were unable to defend their title falling in the first round to McNeese State 2–1. The Lamar Cardinals won the tournament, defeating Northwestern State 3–1 in the final. The title was the second overall for the Lamar Cardinals program, both of which have come under head coach Steve Holeman.


2019 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament, Media and TV
Broadcast of the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were on the Southland Conference Digital Network. The championship game was broadcast on ESPN+.


2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 15 through May 19. The winner of the tournament, Southern, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The double elimination tournament featured four teams from each division.


2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The four eligible teams in each division will be seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
The 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round was to have been a pair of motor races that were due to be held on 31 August and 1 September 2019 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium as part of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. It was to be the ninth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship and run in support of the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round
The feature race was abandoned after an accident involving Anthoine Hubert, Juan Manuel Correa and Giuliano Alesi. Hubert and Correa were taken to the circuit's medical centre where Hubert died of his injuries. Correa was stabilised and transferred to a nearby hospital. The sprint race was cancelled as a mark of respect.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Championship standings before the round
ART Grand Prix driver Nyck de Vries entered the round with a thirty point lead over Nicholas Latifi in the drivers' championship. Sérgio Sette Câmara was third, a further twenty-five points behind. In the teams' championship, DAMS started the round with a sixty-five point lead over UNI-Virtuosi Racing, and ART Grand Prix a further thirty-six points behind in third.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Driver changes
Twenty drivers representing ten teams were entered into the event. Nineteen of the drivers who contested the previous round in Hungary returned for the Spa-Francorchamps round. The only exception was Campos Racing driver Arjun Maini, who left the team. Campos signed Euroformula Open championship leader Marino Sato to replace Maini prior to the round.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Qualifying
Nyck de Vries qualified on pole position, his third of the season. Sérgio Sette Câmara was second, a quarter of a second behind de Vries, but de Vries' championship rival Nicholas Latifi was only able to qualify in eleventh when a red flag interrupted his final flying lap. Latifi was later promoted to tenth on the grid by way of a three-place penalty awarded to Jordan King for ignoring yellow flags.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
A sequence of collisions involving multiple cars at the Raidillon corner stopped the feature race in its second lap. Trident driver Giuliano Alesi was running tenth when he spun into the barriers while going through Eau Rouge, damaging the rear of the car and bouncing back onto the circuit at the exit of the corner. Ralph Boschung, Anthoine Hubert and Jordan King had been running eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth at the time and took evasive action.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
Boschung cleared Alesi's Trident by taking to the tarmac run-off on the outside of the corner and King was able to slow in time to avoid contact. Hubert attempted to go to the right of Boschung, but made contact with the Trident's right-rear wheel, puncturing Boschung's tyre and causing Hubert to lose his front wing. Hubert's car continued along the run-off and crashed into a tyre barrier with the front and right side of the car. The car snapped around and was sitting at an angle that was perpendicular to the racing line, but it remained on the tarmac run-off area.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
Juan Manuel Correa, who had been fourteenth at the time, was on the approach to Eau Rouge as Alesi lost control. He hit a piece of debris which lodged under a front wheel, preventing his car from steering effectively and causing it to go straight into the tarmac run-off. Correa hit Hubert at right angles, his Charouz hitting Hubert's BWT Arden in the left side of the car. Correa was estimated to be travelling at 257 km/h (159.7 mph) at the time of the impact.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
The force of the collision was enough to tear Hubert's car in half, his headrest being ejected in the process. The front assembly of Correa's car broke away, exposing his feet; Correa's car also rolled over. Hubert's Arden pivoted around and hit the tyre barrier again, and came to a rest with its front wing and rear assembly up against the barriers while Correa's Charouz continued travelling several metres further along the circuit and came to rest upside-down on the grassy verge on the opposite side of the circuit.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
Campos driver Marino Sato braked to a complete stop to avoid cars on track, but in so doing stalled his engine and could not continue. Alesi was similarly unharmed—the accident unfolded behind him as he continued onto the Kemmel Straight—but his contact with the wall meant that his car suffered from race-ending damage and he pulled over on the approach to Les Combes. An FIA investigation into the accident found that fifteen seconds had elapsed between Alesi's initial loss of control and the cars of Hubert and Correa coming to a halt.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
The seriousness of the accident and the amount of debris littered across the circuit meant that the race was immediately red-flagged. Hubert was attended to by medical staff within one minute of the accident unfolding. He and Correa were extracted from their cars and rushed to the circuit's medical centre. Hubert died of his injuries eighty-three minutes after the accident while Correa was stabilised and transferred to a hospital in Liège. He was admitted to intensive care and diagnosed with a spinal injury and fractured legs. He was reported to be conscious and lucid before undergoing surgery.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
His injuries ruled him out of competing for the remainder of the season. Correa was transferred to a specialist facility in the UK where he entered acute respiratory failure brought about by acute respiratory distress syndrome. His condition was downgraded to critical, but stable, but he was placed in a medically-induced coma on 7 September. Correa was brought out of the coma on 20 September, and underwent surgery to save his lower right leg. The reconstructive surgery was largely deemed a success. Correa's long-term prognosis called for up to a year of rehabilitation.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident
The feature race was not restarted and no result was issued, as per FIA regulations, as the leader had only completed one lap so the race was abandoned. The sprint race that had been planned for the following morning was cancelled after Hubert's death was announced. Hubert's death was the first fatality for a driver competing in the second tier of FIA-sanctioned formula racing since Henry Surtees' accident in the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident, Response
A manslaughter inquiry was opened by the Verviers prosecutor's office on 2 September; a number of auto racing and road safety experts have been employed as advisers. The car driven by Giuliano Alesi was impounded by the authorities as part of the investigation, forcing Trident Racing to enter a single car at the following round in Monza one week after the Spa-Francorchamps round. The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the international governing body of motorsport, launched their own investigation into the accident. Hubert and Correa's cars were provided to the FIA to allow their forensic investigation to begin in earnest.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident, Response
The final report was published in February 2020 and concluded that there was no single contributing factor to the accident. It stated that previous contact with another car had caused Alesi to lose pressure in his rear tyre, setting off a chain reaction of events. The report also concluded that Hubert had taken every reasonable measure to avoid the initial contact and that his death was not the result of a driver error.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident, Response
BWT Arden announced that they would only enter one car for Hubert's team-mate Tatiana Calderón at the Monza round. The team went on to prepare a car for Hubert, which was then left in the garage as a mark of respect. Artem Markelov was named as Hubert's replacement for the final two rounds of the championship in Sochi and Abu Dhabi. Hubert's racing number, #19, was retired and Markelov assigned #22. Matevos Isaakyan replaced the injured Correa at Charouz for the final races. Hubert's number was permanently retired in 2020.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident, Response
Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo admitted that he had given serious thought to withdrawing from the Belgian Grand Prix that took place the next day, and offered the opinion that other drivers had also considered it. Race winner Charles Leclerc dedicated his victory to Hubert's memory. Organisers of the Formula 2 Championship introduced an award for the best rookie driver, which was named in Hubert's honour.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 2 round, Report, Feature race accident, Response
The managers of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps announced that a planned redesign of the Raidillon run-off area that had been scheduled for 2022 would be brought forward. The redesign had been scheduled to be introduced to allow the circuit to host a round of the FIM Endurance World Championship. The proposal called for the addition of a gravel trap to make the circuit suitable for motorcycle racing events sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the international governing body of motorcycle racing. The managers argued that the gravel trap would benefit racing cars by arresting their speed when they left the circuit.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round
The 2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 31 August and 1 September 2019 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. It was the sixth round of the 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix.


2019 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round, Classification, Qualifying
The Qualifying session took place on 30 August 2019, with Jehan Daruvala scoring pole position.


2019 Spain Masters
The 2019 Spain Masters (officially known as the Barcelona Spain Masters 2019) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain, from 19 to 24 February 2019 with a total prize purse of $150,000.


2019 Spain Masters, Tournament
The 2019 Spain Masters was the fourth tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Spain Masters championships, which had been held since 2018. This tournament was organized by the Spanish Badminton Federation and was sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Spain Masters, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain.


2019 Spain Masters, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.


2019 Spain Masters, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$150,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series
The 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series was a cricket tournament held in Spain from 29 to 31 March 2019. The tournament featured the national teams of Spain and Malta, as well as an Estonia XI. All matches were played at La Manga Club, near to the city of Cartagena in the Region of Murcia.


2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series
The matches played between Spain and Malta had Twenty20 International (T20I) status, with both teams making their debuts in the format after the International Cricket Council announced that all matches played between Associate Members from 1 January 2019 would have T20I status. The Estonian XI was not an official national side. Spain won the series after all three games on the final day were abandoned with no play possible due to rain.


2019 Spanish Athletics Championships
The 2019 Spanish Athletics Championships was the 99th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Spain. It was held on 31 August and 1 September at the Ciudad Deportiva Camilo Cano in La Nucia. It served as the selection meeting for Spain at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics.


2019 Spanish Athletics Championships
The club championships in relays and combined track and field events were contested separately from the main competition.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2019 Spanish Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio de España 2019) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 May 2019 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. The race was the 5th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 49th running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 29th time that a World Championship round had been held at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for either the race or practice.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Background, Penalties
Daniel Ricciardo carried forward a three-place grid penalty from the previous race for causing a collision with Daniil Kvyat.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying
Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in all three parts of qualifying to take his third consecutive pole of the season.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Valtteri Bottas started the race from pole position, but his teammate Lewis Hamilton made a slightly better start from second on the grid to take the lead into the first corner. Sebastian Vettel briefly pulled his Ferrari into second around the outside of Turn 1 as Bottas, stuck between Vettel and Hamilton, was forced to yield. However, Vettel promptly ran wide in Turn 1 and allowed Bottas back into second place. Red Bull's Max Verstappen took advantage of the Ferraris' squabbling through the first two turns to move into third place with an overtake around the outside of Vettel in Turn 3, and comfortably held on to the last podium position for the remainder of the race.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
While Vettel was ordered by the Ferrari pitwall to allow teammate Charles Leclerc into fourth place in the early running, the two would later switch positions back and Vettel would eventually lead home a Ferrari 4-5 finish. On lap 44, the safety car was brought out by the only retirements of the day, as Racing Point's Lance Stroll and McLaren's Lando Norris collided in Turn 2.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
The safety car bunched up the field with 22 laps remaining but ultimately did not change the running order among the top 6 drivers, with the most notable result of the safety car being the subsequent battle between the two Haas drivers that saw Kevin Magnussen overtake teammate Romain Grosjean, who subsequently slipped back to 10th place by the end of the race.


2019 Spanish Grand Prix, Race
Haas would ultimately be the only team outside of the top 3 to score a double points finish, and were joined by 8th placed Carlos Sainz Jr. and 9th placed Daniil Kvyat in the bottom half of the points. Hamilton led his teammate home by just over four seconds, taking his third straight victory in Spain. He also claimed the fastest lap of the race on Lap 54, only missing out on a grand slam by virtue of not starting from pole position. Valtteri Bottas finished in second place, securing Mercedes's fifth consecutive 1–2 finish in 2019 with Max Verstappen finishing in third. The podium of the race was exactly the same as the previous year. Both Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc finished in fourth and fifth place respectively.


2019 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2019 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships was the 55th edition of the annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA), which serves as the Spanish national indoor championship for the sport. A total of 26 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over two days on 16 and 17 February at the Centro de Atletismo VI Centenario in Antequera, Málaga.


2019 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships
María Vicente set a Spanish indoor record of 4412 points for the women's pentathlon while Jesús Gómez won the men's 1500 metres in a championship record time of 3:41.37 minutes.


2019 Spanish Open (table tennis)
The 2019 Spanish Open is the third event of the 2019 ITTF Challenge Series. It took place from 22–24 March in Guadalajara, Spain.


2019 Spanish general election
There were two general elections in Spain in 2019:2019 Spanish general election may refer to:


2019 Spanish local elections
The 2019 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect all 66,979 councillors in the municipalities of Spain and all 1,038 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country, the eleven island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands and the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Spanish local elections
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), invigorated from its general election win the previous month, emerged as the largest political party in the elections overall for the first time since 2007, scoring first place in the popular vote for the first time since 2003 and achieving its largest margin of victory over the People's Party (PP) since the 1991 elections.


2019 Spanish local elections
Conversely, the PP scored its worst result in local elections in Spain since the People's Alliance result in 1987, but managed to hold out against a surging Citizens (Cs), which secured disappointing results after falling barely one percentage point short of overcoming the PP in the April general election. The alliance of Podemos and United Left (IU), Unidas Podemos, lost much of the ground gained in the 2015 local elections, whereas results for the emerging far-right Vox were very modest.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered and residing in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Councillors of municipalities with populations below 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties: for up to four candidates in municipalities with populations between 100 and 250 inhabitants; and for up to two candidates in municipalities below 100.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
This did not apply to municipalities which, as a result of their geographical location or the convenience of a better management of municipal interests or other circumstances, made it advisable to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: régimen de concejo abierto), in which voters would directly elect the local major.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earn the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, a toss-up would determine the appointee.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they sought election:


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Electors were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:


2019 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.


2019 Spanish local elections, Municipal elections, City control
The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities with a population above or around 75,000. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour. The inauguration of the new municipal councils took place on 15 June 2019 (except in León and Segovia).


2019 Spanish local elections, Provincial deputations, Deputation control
The following table lists party control in provincial deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.


2019 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2019 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 5 May 2019.


2019 Spanish regional elections
The 2019 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, to elect the regional parliaments of twelve of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Navarre—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. The Valencian Community had its election held one month earlier, on 28 April, concurrently with the April 2019 Spanish general election. 814 of 1,208 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election, as well as the 50 seats in the regional assemblies of Ceuta and Melilla. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 2019 European Parliament election.


2019 Spanish regional elections, Election date
Determination of election day varied depending on the autonomous community, with each one having competency to establish its own regulations. Typically, thirteen out of the seventeen autonomous communities—all but Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia—had their elections fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, to be held together with nationwide local elections.


2019 Spanish regional elections, Election date
In some cases, regional presidents had the prerogative to dissolve the regional parliament and call for extra elections at a different time, but newly elected assemblies were restricted to serving out what remained of their previous four year-terms without altering the period to their next ordinary election. In other cases—namely, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile and León, Extremadura, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, the law granted presidents the power to call a snap election resulting in a fresh four year-parliamentary term. By the time of the 2019 regional elections, this prerogative had been exercised by the Valencian Community by holding a snap regional election on 28 April 2019.


2019 Spanish regional elections, Regional governments
The following table lists party control in autonomous communities and cities. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger
The 2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Ortisei, Italy between 11 and 17 November 2019. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour.


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Doubles
Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Doubles
Nikola Čačić and Antonio Šančić won the title after defeating Sander Arends and David Pel 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–7] in the final.


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Singles
Ugo Humbert was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2019 Sparkassen ATP Challenger – Singles
Jannik Sinner won the title after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


2019 Sparkassen Open
The 2019 Sparkassen Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 26th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Braunschweig, Germany between 8 and 13 July 2019.


2019 Sparkassen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Sparkassen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates:


2019 Sparkassen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:


2019 Sparkassen Open – Doubles
Santiago González and Wesley Koolhof were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2019 Sparkassen Open – Doubles
Simone Bolelli and Guillermo Durán won the title after defeating Nathaniel Lammons and Antonio Šančić 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2019 Sparkassen Open – Singles
Yannick Hanfmann was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Casper Ruud.


2019 Sparkassen Open – Singles
Thiago Monteiro won the title after defeating Tobias Kamke 7–6(8–6), 6–1 in the final.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The election for the 158th Speaker of the House of Commons took place on 4 November 2019. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was elected with 325 votes in the final ballot, out of a total of 540 votes cast.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The election was triggered on 9 September 2019, when former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, announced his resignation as both Speaker and Member of Parliament, effective at the end of the 31 October 2019 sitting, unless Parliament was dissolved for an early general election before that date, in which case the election of Speaker would take place at the first sitting of the new Parliament. On 29 October the House of Commons voted for an early general election to be held on 12 December 2019 with Parliament due to be dissolved on 6 November, two days after the election of a new Speaker.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, John Bercow
John Bercow, the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Buckingham, was elected to the post of Speaker in 2009. The 2009 election was triggered by the resignation of Michael Martin at the height of the parliamentary expenses scandal. Martin was perceived as being part of a cover-up of inappropriate Parliamentary expenses and faced an unprecedented motion of no confidence in his speakership after he made comments from the chair that attacked a Daily Telegraph leak of parliamentarians' expenses claims. Bercow beat nine other candidates to become Speaker; he defeated fellow Conservative MP George Young in the third and final round by a margin of 322–271.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, John Bercow
As Speaker, Bercow garnered a reputation of being a moderniser of the office—he notably eschewed the use of embroidered court dress in favour of business suits—and having a friendly relationship with backbenchers, allowing more urgent questions and backbench business than his predecessors. His backbencher-friendly reputation often put him at odds with the Government: in March 2015, a Government attempt to bring in an election by secret ballot after the general election two months later was defeated by opposition and backbench MPs who saw the effort as an attempt by the Government to depose a Speaker they disliked.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, John Bercow
Bercow was elected without contest after the 2010, 2015, and 2017 general elections. In October 2018, it was reported that Bercow had informed friends of his intention to step down as Speaker in mid-2019, after ten years in the role. At the time, Bercow was facing several allegations of bullying his parliamentary staff. In May 2019, he delayed his impending resignation; he stated that he did not feel it was “sensible to vacate the chair” whilst events such as Brexit were debated heavily in Parliament.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, John Bercow
Bercow's relationship with the Government had deteriorated over 2019; in March, he allowed backbenchers to attempt to take control of the Order Paper and pass the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019, which forced Brexit to be delayed from March to October 2019.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, John Bercow
After backbenchers took control of the Order Paper again to pass the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019, former Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, wrote an opinion column in the 8 September edition of the Mail on Sunday which accused the Speaker of "flagrant abuse" of parliamentary process and welcomed the Buckingham Conservative Association's intent to break with tradition and stand a candidate against him at the next general election.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, John Bercow
On 9 September 2019, hours before the prorogation of Parliament, Bercow made a statement from the chair announcing his impending resignation: if Parliament voted for a general election that night, he would stand down at the election; if Parliament rejected an early election, he would stand down at the close of business on 31 October. Bercow said his choice of date — also the day when the United Kingdom was due to leave the European Union — was to ensure minimal disruption to the debates on the Queen's Speech in mid-October. His resignation came at a time of major legislative conflict between Parliament and the Government; a speakership election before a general election made it more difficult for the Government—which did not have a working majority in Parliament—to install a friendlier Speaker. Bercow resigned as an MP on 4 November.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Procedure
The rules for the election of the Speaker were introduced in 2001 and are set out in Section 1 of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. All candidates for Speaker were required to be a sitting Member of Parliament and be nominated by at least twelve and at most fifteen Members of Parliament, at least three of whom must be from a political party different from that of the candidate. Each MP could only nominate one candidate.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Procedure
On the morning of the election, the nominations were transmitted to the Clerk of the House alongside the candidate's statement of consent to nomination. The House then met at 2:30 pm and was presided over by Father of the House Kenneth Clarke (Independent, Rushcliffe), during the election. If there had been only one candidate, a motion would have been laid before the House to ask if the candidate should take the Chair as Speaker. If the question was challenged, the decision would have been put to a division.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Procedure
There were seven candidates for election and each candidate gave a five-minute speech to the House before the start of voting. The House then voted by secret ballot, using the exhaustive ballot voting system. Each MP cast one vote and an absolute majority was required. If no candidate won a majority, the individual with the fewest votes was eliminated, as were any candidates who received less than 5% of the votes cast. The House then continued to vote until one member received a majority of the vote. After four rounds of voting, Sir Lindsay Hoyle received an absolute majority. At that point, the Father of the House Kenneth Clarke put the question "That Sir Lindsay Hoyle do take the Chair of this House as Speaker"; which was passed without audible opposition. Hoyle was then, by tradition, dragged to the Chair by his fellow MPs.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Procedure
Hoyle formally became Speaker upon receiving the Queen's approbation shortly after his election. The approval was given on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II by a royal commission consisting of Robert James Buckland, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain; Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, Leader of the House of Lords; Lord Dholakia, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords; Lord Judge, Convenor of the Crossbench Peers; and Baroness Smith of Basildon, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates
Following reports that John Bercow planned to step down in 2019, a number of potential candidates attracted speculation in the media. Candidates and their intentions are given below:


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Candidates, Nominations
The official list of candidates, along with the MPs who nominated them, was released on the morning of 4 November. Nominations were as follows:


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Results
The results of the first secret ballot were announced at 16:15 GMT on 4 November 2019. The results of the second ballot were announced at 17:45, with the results of the third ballot coming at 19:15. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was announced as the winner at 20:20.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Results
Following the final vote, the question was put "That Sir Lindsay Hoyle do take the Chair of this House as Speaker", which was carried without any audible opposition. After this, Hoyle was dragged to the Chair (as per House custom) by Nigel Evans and Caroline Flint, and gave an inaugural speech as Speaker elect. Hoyle received royal approbation later in the evening from the royal commissioners and, at that time, officially became Speaker.


2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election, Results
Hoyle was re-elected, unopposed, to the position on 17 December 2019 following the general election of 12 December.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
The 2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on January 3, 2019, on the opening day of the 116th United States Congress, two months after the United States 2018 elections. This was the 126th speaker of the House of Representatives election since the office was created in 1789. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi received 220 votes, a majority of the chamber, to become its speaker. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy garnered 192 votes, with 18 more going to others. As only 430 representatives in the 435-member House cast a vote (due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting), 216 votes were necessary in order to win.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
Immediately after the election, the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, Don Young, administered the oath of office to the new speaker. Pelosi in turn administered the oath of office en masse to the rest of the members of the United States House of Representatives.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
Incumbent speaker Paul Ryan did not run for re-election to the House. With the Democratic caucus assuming control of the House in January 2019, Pelosi had been the speaker-presumptive since the incoming House Democratic Caucus formally nominated her the previous November.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Process and conventions
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term. Since 1839, the House has elected speakers by roll call vote. Traditionally, each party's caucus or conference selects a candidate for the speakership from among its senior leaders prior to the roll call.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Process and conventions
Representatives are not restricted to voting for the candidate nominated by their party, but generally do, as the outcome of the election effectively determines which party has the majority and consequently will organize the House. Representatives that choose to vote for someone other than their party's nominated candidate usually vote for another member within the party or vote "present".


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Process and conventions
Moreover, as the Constitution does not explicitly state that the speaker must be an incumbent member of the House, it is permissible for representatives to vote for someone who is not a member of the House at the time, and non-members have received a few votes in various speaker elections over the past several years. Nevertheless, every person elected speaker has been a member.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Process and conventions
To be elected speaker a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast, as opposed to an absolute majority of the full membership of the House – presently 218 votes, in a House of 435. There have only been a few instances during the past century where a person received a majority of the votes cast, and thus won the election, while failing to obtain a majority of the full membership. It happened most recently in January 2015 (114th Congress), when John Boehner was elected with 216 votes (as opposed to 218).


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Process and conventions
Such a variation in the number of votes necessary to win a given election might arise due to vacancies, absentees, or members being present but not voting. If no candidate wins a majority of the "votes cast for a person by name," then the roll call is repeated until a speaker is elected. Multiple roll calls have been necessary only 14 times since 1789; and not since 1923 (68th Congress), when a closely divided House needed nine ballots to elect Frederick H. Gillett speaker. Upon winning election the new speaker is immediately sworn in by the Dean of the United States House of Representatives, the chamber's longest-serving member.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Democratic Party
During the midterm election campaign, there were indications that many of the incoming Democrats would not support party leader Nancy Pelosi for the speakership. After taking back the House in November, Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge was mentioned as a possible alternative. However, she quickly bowed out after being offered the chairmanship of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections. Other possible defectors, including incoming New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, later publicly declared her support for Pelosi.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Democratic Party, Results
The Democratic caucus vote was held on November 28, 2018; as Pelosi was the only declared candidate, the vote was presented as a single question of approval.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Republican Party
The race for the leadership of the House Republicans began well before Ryan's official announcement, as it had been rumored for months.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Republican Party, Results
The Republican caucus vote was held on November 14, 2018, reelecting McCarthy as the leader of the House Republicans for another two years.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Election of the speaker
In the run-up to the election, Pelosi was able to secure enough support to ensure her the speakership, though there were still a few holdouts. She accomplished this by, among other things, pledging to limit her time as speaker to four years (two two-year terms) at most.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Election of the speaker
Upon convening at the start of the 116th Congress, the House proceeded to elect its speaker by roll call vote, with the Clerk presiding. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) were appointed to serve as tellers to tabulate the vote. Ultimately, Pelosi received 220 of the 430 votes cast, though 15 Democrats chose to vote for someone else. Republicans, with six exceptions, voted for party leader McCarthy, who garnered 192 votes. The vote count in the January 3, 2019 speaker of the House election was:


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Election of the speaker
Representatives voting for someone other than their party's speaker nominee were:■ Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona; Jody Hice of Georgia; Thomas Massie of Kentucky; and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania voted for Jim Jordan;■ Joe Cunningham of South Carolina; Jared Golden of Maine; Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey; and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia voted for Cheri Bustos;■ Jason Crow of Colorado and Max Rose of New York voted for Tammy Duckworth, who was not a member of the House at the time;■ Kathleen Rice of New York voted for Stacey Abrams, who was not a member of the House at the time;■ Anthony Brindisi of New York voted for Joe Biden, who was not a member of the House at the time;■ Kurt Schrader of Oregon voted for Marcia Fudge;■ Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania voted for Joe Kennedy III;■ Ron Kind of Wisconsin voted for John Lewis;■ Justin Amash of Michigan voted for Thomas Massie;■ Ben McAdams of Utah voted for Stephanie Murphy.


2019 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Election of the speaker
Additionally, three representatives answered present when their name was called:■  Jim Cooper of Tennessee; Elissa Slotkin of Michigan; and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey.


2019 Special Honours
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.


2019 Special Honours (Australia)
The Special Honours Lists for Australia are announced by the Sovereign and Governor-General at any time.


2019 Special Honours (Australia)
Some honours are awarded by other countries where Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State and Australians receiving those honours are listed here with the relevant reference.


2019 Special Honours (New Zealand)
The 2019 Special Honours in New Zealand was a Special Honours List, published in New Zealand on 4 March 2019. An appointment was made to the New Zealand Order of Merit to recognise the incoming chief justice, Helen Winkelmann.


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games
The 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games (Arabic: 2019 الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية الخاصة بألعاب العالم الصيفية, 2019 al'aleab al'uwlimbiat alsayfiat alkhasat bi'aleab alealam alsayfia) were a special olympics multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities  in the tradition of the Special Olympics movement. It was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from March 14–21, 2019. ESPN offered international coverage of the games.


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games
The 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games was the first Special Olympics games to take place in the Middle East, were also the first to be held in winter/autumn in the host city  and the largest  sports and humanitarian event recorded, featuring 200 National Programs, more than 7,000 athletes and 20,000 registered volunteers. Since 2017 and following its national policy, the United Arab Emirates coined the term "determination" instead of "disability", referring to disabled people as "People of Determination".


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Host selection
Three finalists were chosen from the countries which had submitted bids to host the games: Australia, Germany (which was chosen latter to host the 2023 Games), and South Africa. However, all three countries had withdrawn their bids by April 2015.


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Host selection
In November 2016,it was announced that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi would host the 2019 Summer Games. This was the first time that the Special Olympics were to be held in the Middle East / North Africa Region. Due to the region's extreme climate, the games were held during the local late winter/early spring season for the first time, from March 14–21, 2019.


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Opening Ceremony
It was held at Zayed Sports City Stadium which also held the FIFA Club World Cup in 2017 and  2018 and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. The headliners of the ceremonies included Avril Lavigne, Hussain Al Jassmi, Assala Nasri, Tamer Hosny, Paul Oakenfold, Sumi Jo, Now United, and Luis Fonsi.


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony took place on 21 March 2019 at the Zayed Sports City Stadium where the Special Olympics flag was handed over from Abu Dhabi to Jämtland County, Sweden as the hosts of the 2021 Special Olympics World Winter Games. The headliners of the ceremonies were Nicole Scherzinger, Keala Settle, Now United, Hamad Al Ameri, Rashed Al Majed and Waleed Al Shami. Before the ceremonies the music video of the game's theme song "Right Where I'm Supposed To Be" by Ryan Tedder, Avril Lavigne, Luis Fonsi, Hussain Al Jassmi, Assala Nasri and Tamer Hosny was premiered.


2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Marketing, Logo and branding
The logo was unveiled on March 25, 2017 during the handover at the closing ceremony of the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Graz, Austria. The logo was projected on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The logo was inspired by palm fronds woven together in an eastern Arabian cultural technique known in Gulf Arabic as khoos (Arabic: خوص), with the Special Olympics symbol in a red circle in the middle.


2019 Speedway European Championship
The 2019 Speedway European Championship season was the seventh season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 19th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the sixth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.


2019 Speedway European Championship
The championship was won by Mikkel Michelsen, who beat Grigory Laguta in a run-off after both riders had finished the series tied on 45 points. Defending champion Leon Madsen, who missed one round through injury, also won a run-off with Kacper Woryna to finish third, while Bartosz Smektała completed the top five.


2019 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
For the 2019 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.


2019 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Jarosław Hampel, Robert Lambert, Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2018 season.


2019 Speedway European Championship, Qualification
Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while Nicki Pedersen, Anders Thomsen, Kai Huckenbeck, Paweł Przedpełski and Bartosz Smektała were named as series wildcards.


2019 Speedway European Championship, Calendar, Qualification
The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.


2019 Speedway European Championship, Calendar, Championship Series
A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series, with events in Germany, Poland and Denmark.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 25th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 74th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the nineteenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix
The title was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat debutant Leon Madsen by two points with Russia's Emil Sayfutdinov finishing third. Zmarzlik became the third Polish world champion after Jerzy Szczakiel won in 1973 and Tomasz Gollob took the title in 2010. Defending champion Tai Woffinden's season was hampered by injury and he finished in 13th place.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix, 2019 changes
Qualifying for each Grand Prix was introduced for the first time in the 2019 season. On the day before the Grand Prix every rider completed a timed lap, with the fastest rider getting to select their position in the draw, followed by second and so on. Matej Žagar was the first ever rider to win a qualifying session when setting the fastest time at the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
For the 2019 season there were 15 permanent riders, joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
The top eight riders from the 2018 championship qualified automatically. These riders were joined by the three riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
The final four riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2018 season.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix, Qualification
On May 2 Greg Hancock announced he would not be competing in the 2019 season to support his wife's battle with cancer. The FIM and BSI unanimously supported Hancock's withdrawal.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix, Calendar
The 2019 season consisted of 10 events, the same number as in 2018.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2019 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification was a series of motorcycle speedway meetings that were used to determine the three riders that qualified for the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix. The series consisted of four qualifying rounds at Žarnovica, Slangerup, Lonigo and Abensberg and the Grand Prix Challenge at Landshut. The three riders that qualified were Janusz Kołodziej, Niels-Kristian Iversen and Antonio Lindbäck.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic
The 2019 Anlas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the third race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 14 at the Markéta Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced the injured world champion Tai Woffinden, while second reserve Max Fricke replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Václav Milík as the wild card, and Zdeněk Holub and Ondřej Smetana both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Janusz Kołodziej, who beat Leon Madsen, Patryk Dudek and Jason Doyle in the final. Max Fricke had initially top scored with 12 points in the qualifying heats, however he was eliminated at the semi-final stage.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Results
Dudek, who was joint-first with Bartosz Zmarzlik heading into the Grand Prix, scored two points less than Madsen. The result meant that Dudek and Madsen were now tied for first place in the overall standings with 40 points.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark
The 2019 Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix sponsored by Ecco was the eight race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 7th at the Vojens Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mikkel Michelsen as the wild card, and Michael Jepsen Jensen and Anders Thomsen both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Matej Žagar, Fredrik Lindgren and Emil Sayfutdinov in the final. It was the sixth Grand Prix win of Zmarzlik's career.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Results
Zmarzlik's win resulted in him moving clear at the top of the overall standings with 103 points. Sayfutdinov moved up to second place on 94 points, while former joint leader Leon Madsen, who failed to reach the semi-finals, dropped down to third on 92 points (see intermediate classification table below).


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
The 2019 Aztorin German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 31st at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Martin Smolinski as the wild card, and Kai Huckenbeck and Max Dilger both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Maciej Janowski, who beat Bartosz Zmarzlik, Matej Žagar and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final. It was the sixth Grand Prix win of Janowski's career.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Results
Zmarzlik's second place finish saw him move to joint-top of the overall standings with Leon Madsen on 85 points (see intermediate classification table below). Madsen, who had a six-point lead heading into the Grand Prix, was eliminated in the semi-finals.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
The 2019 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth and penultimate race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 21 September at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Charles Wright as the wild card, and Danny King and Chris Harris both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Leon Madsen, who beat Emil Sayfutdinov, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Jason Doyle in the final. It was the second win Grand Prix win of Madsen's career.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Results
Sayfutdinov and Madsen both closed in on overall leader Zmarzlik by claiming 17 points, however the Pole's third place meant he took a nine-point lead into the final round of the year in Toruń (see intermediate classification table below).


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland
The 2019 BOLL Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the first race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on May 18 at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced the injured Maciej Janowski, while second reserve Max Fricke replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Bartosz Smektała as the wild card, and Dominik Kubera and Rafał Karczmarz both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Leon Madsen, who beat Fredrik Lindgren, Patryk Dudek and Niels-Kristian Iversen in the final. It was the Madsen's first ever Grand Prix win, on what was his first ever start as a regular member of the Grand Prix series.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Results
Dudek had initially top scored with 13 points during the qualifying heats, and despite finishing third in the final, he topped the overall standings with 16 points, one ahead of Lindgren.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II
The 2019 Betard Wrocław FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the fifth race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 3rd at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Riders
Second reserve Max Fricke replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Makym Drabik as the wild card, and Przemysław Liszka and Mateusz Cierniak both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Martin Vaculík, Leon Madsen and Janusz Kołodziej in the final. Emil Sayfutdinov had initially topped the scoring charts along with Kołodziej, however he was eliminated in the semi-finals. It was the fifth Grand Prix win of Zmarzlik's career.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Results
Zmarzlik's win resulted in him moving joint-top of the overall standings, tied on 61 points with Sayfutdinov and Madsen.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland II, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III
The 2019 Revline Toruń FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland was the tenth and final race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on October 5 at the Marian Rose MotoArena in Toruń, Poland.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Adrian Miedziński as the wild card, and Jakub Miśkowiak and Karol Żupiński both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Leon Madsen, who beat Emil Sayfutdinov, Niels-Kristian Iversen and Bartosz Zmarzlik in the final. It was the third win Grand Prix win of Madsen's career, and his second in a row after winning the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Results
Despite scoring a maximum 21 points, Madsen could not overhaul Zmarzlik in the race for the world title - losing out by just two points. Zmarzlik was crowned world champion, becoming the first Polish rider to win the title since Tomasz Gollob in 2010 Speedway Grand Prix


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Results
Sayfutdinov and Madsen both closed in on overall leader Zmarzlik by claiming 17 points, however the Pole's third place meant he took a nine-point lead into the final round of the year in Toruń (see intermediate classification table below).


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Poland III, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
The 2019 Scandinavian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 17 at the G&B Arena in Målilla, Sweden.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Riders
Second reserve Max Fricke replaced Greg Hancock, while third reserve Mikkel Michelsen replaced Antonio Lindbäck. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jacob Thorssell as the wild card, and Kim Nilsson and Viktor Palovaara both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Fredrik Lindgren, who beat Leon Madsen, Maciej Janowski and Artem Laguta in the final. It was the fourth Grand Prix win of Lindgren's career.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Results
Madsen's second-place finish saw him take control of the overall standings on 75 points, six points clear of Bartosz Zmarzlik in second (see intermediate classification table below).


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia
The 2019 Slovenian FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the second race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on June 1 at the Matija Gubec Stadium in Krško, Slovenia.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Matic Ivačič as the wild card, and Nick Škorja and Denis Štojs both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, who beat Martin Vaculík, Leon Madsen and Patryk Dudek in the final. It was the fourth Grand Prix win of Zmarzlik's career, and his 18-point haul meant he moved to the joint-top of the overall standings with compatriot Dudek.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Slovenia, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
The 2019 Norrbil Swedish FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 2019 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 6th at the HZ Bygg Arena in Hallstavik, Sweden.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Riders
First reserve Robert Lambert replaced the injured world champion Tai Woffinden, while second reserve Max Fricke replaced Greg Hancock. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Oliver Berntzon as the wild card, and Pontus Aspgren and Kim Nilsson both as Track Reserves.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Results
The Grand Prix was won by Emil Sayfutdinov, who beat Martin Vaculík, Maciej Janowski and Max Fricke in the final. It was the seventh win of Sayfutdinov's career, but his first since 2013. The win also saw him move to the joint-lead of the overall standings, tied on 47 points with Patryk Dudek and Leon Madsen, who both failed to make the semi-finals.


2019 Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden, Results, Heat details
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fellns: non-starter • nc: non-classifySemi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats)Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals


2019 Speedway of Nations
The 2019 Speedway of Nations was the second FIM Speedway of Nations. The competition consisted of two race-off events and a two-legged final. The event was won by Russia for the second consecutive year. They beat Poland in the Grand Final with Australia taking the bronze medal.


2019 Speedway of Nations, Format
The 2019 Speedway of Nations was a pairs event, with each nation being represented by two senior riders and one rider under the age of 21. Each meeting was staged over 21 heats with the scores from each rider added together to give a total for each nation.


2019 Speedway of Nations, Format
The two race-off events consisted of seven teams, with three qualifying for the final. The final, which included hosts and defending champions Russia, was staged over two legs with the scores from each added together. The top scoring nation went straight through to the Grand Final, while the second and third placed nations competed in the final qualifier for the chance to reach the Grand Final. The final qualifier and Grand Final were one-off heats.


2019 Speedway of Nations, Format
The winner of the Grand Final determined the overall winner of the 2019 Speedway of Nations.


2019 SpeedyCash.com 400
The 2019 SpeedyCash.com 400 is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on June 7, 2019, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 167 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the ninth race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.


2019 SpeedyCash.com 400, Background, Track
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2019 SpeedyCash.com 400, Entry list
Among the entered drivers was Greg Biffle, the 2000 Truck Series champion. Biffle's previous race was in the 2016 Cup Series. His previous truck race was in the 2004 season.